Differences between girls and boys in emerging language skills: Evidence from 10 language communities.
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| Title: | Differences between girls and boys in emerging language skills: Evidence from 10 language communities. |
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| Authors: | Eriksson, Mårten (AUTHOR), Marschik, Peter B. (AUTHOR), Tulviste, Tiia (AUTHOR), Almgren, Margareta (AUTHOR), Pérez Pereira, Miguel (AUTHOR), Wehberg, Sonja (AUTHOR), Marjanovič‐Umek, Ljubica (AUTHOR), Gayraud, Frederique (AUTHOR), Kovacevic, Melita (AUTHOR), Gallego, Carlos (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | British Journal of Developmental Psychology. Jun2012, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p326-343. 18p. 3 Charts, 4 Graphs. |
| Subjects: | Age distribution, Analysis of variance, Comparative studies, Language acquisition, Multivariate analysis, Cultural pluralism, Research funding, Sex distribution, Speech evaluation, Logistic regression analysis, Descriptive statistics |
| Geographic Terms: | Sweden |
| Abstract: | The present study explored gender differences in emerging language skills in 13,783 European children from 10 non-English language communities. It was based on a synthesis of published data assessed with adapted versions of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs) from age 0.08 to 2.06. The results showed that girls are slightly ahead of boys in early communicative gestures, in productive vocabulary, and in combining words. The difference increased with age. Boys were not found to be more variable than girls. Despite extensive variation in language skills between language communities, the difference between girls and boys remained. This suggests that the difference is caused by robust factors that do not change between language communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | The present study explored gender differences in emerging language skills in 13,783 European children from 10 non-English language communities. It was based on a synthesis of published data assessed with adapted versions of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs) from age 0.08 to 2.06. The results showed that girls are slightly ahead of boys in early communicative gestures, in productive vocabulary, and in combining words. The difference increased with age. Boys were not found to be more variable than girls. Despite extensive variation in language skills between language communities, the difference between girls and boys remained. This suggests that the difference is caused by robust factors that do not change between language communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 0261510X |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.2044-835X.2011.02042.x |
